We love riding in the car while listening to Super Great Kids’ Stories. Anansi and Baba Yaga are regulars! The quality of the stories and the quality of the storytellers is superb! Big shoutout to Super Great Kids’ Stories!
by Wonderful Chameleon
Super Great Kids’ Stories is a podcast of fun, traditional tales to make you laugh and cry with some of the best storytellers from around the world, recommended for ages 5 to 105. Our collection of over two hundred stories has been carefully put together by storyteller and radio producer Kim Normanton and audio producer David Smith. We wish you many hours of happy listening!
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How The Kiwi Bird Lost Its Wings
The national bird of New Zealand is the Kiwi. It has brown hairy feathers, a very long beak and no wings. Listen to Maori storyteller Emmy Bidois tell this moving legend which explains how the brave little bird gave up its wings and became a national hero. Learn more about yo...
How the Elephant Got Its Trunk
Long time ago, in the African Bush, things were not as they are today. Elephant had a small nose, and Giraffe a short neck - so what happened? It all began with the little animals disobeying their parents. Listen to this lively, story told by Wangari from Kenya to find out mor...
Anansi and the Birds
Anansi is keen to join the birds at their feast on a mountain ledge. But can Anansi fly? With a little help from his feathered friends – he can! But once he’s abandoned by the birds, how can he save himself? Listen to this fun ‘How and Why’ story from Ghana, shared by ...
How Maui Slowed The Sun
Maui the trickster is fed up with Ra the Sun. Ra is so lazy, that he’s always rushing across the sky to get back to his bed again. This leaves the days so short that Maui doesn’t have enough time to do all his chores. Maui and his brothers set out on a quest to capture the ...
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Kim and Shane Ibbs are going to perform in a Super Great Kids’ Stories session at the East Anglia Storytelling Festival in Stowmarket, Suffolk, UK which runs from Friday 17 to Sunday 19th May
They’ll be joined by storytellers Hanna Brailsford and Dave Tong.
Also appearing at the festival are storytellers Amy Douglas, and Nick Hennessey – they’ll be telling some stories for adults.
The festival is packed with daytime programmes perfect for families, and evening sessions for adults too!
It’ll be a story-packed fun weekend. Hope to see you there.
For more information visit the festival website
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Our aim is to give a shout out to everyone that supports us as a subscriber. If you subscribe via Patreon, message us directly in the app to send in your shout out request and you’ll go on the list. It might be a few weeks before it appears on the podcast.
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Take a photo or screen shot of the picture, and attach it here via our contact form OR go to our Facebook page: facebook.com/supergreatkids’ stories and attach your picture via a message
We’re very pleased to announce a new storyteller this week.
Rebecca Lemaire is a versatile Belgian-British storyteller based in the South of Spain.
Click the link to learn more about Rebecca and all our wonderful storytellers.
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